Family Library
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Join Jett on his journey through the human body to learn how stem cells work and what happens before and after an autologous or allogeneic transplant.
Learn what to expect after your child has otoplasty, a type of ear surgery. Explains how to care for your child, and when to get help.
This pamphlet explains what to expect after your child's strabismus repair surgery, and how to care for your child as they recover.
Learn what to expect after your child has their adenoids removed. Also explains when to get help.
Learn what to expect after your child has tympanoplasty or mastoidectomy surgery. Explains how to care for your child, and when to get help.
Learn what to expect after your child has ear tube surgery. Explains how to care for your child, and when to get help.
Information on how to prepare for your child's heart surgery including dental care, what happens at the pre-admission clinic, what to do if your child becomes ill before surgery, how to prepare your child, what to pack, visiting.
This pamphlet offers tips and strategies for helping your child prepare for surgery. There's separate sections with tips for infants, toddlers, preschooler age children, school-age children, and teens.
This pamphlet provides parents of children who have undergone Neurosurgery at BC Children's Hospital with information on: How to help their child with pain and discomfort after surgery, how to care for the wound, how to get the stitches (sutures) out, what activities are safe for their child to do,…
This handout provides parents with information on what to expect in the first 24 hours after their child has anesthesia. It covers the topics of aches, pain, fever, nausea, vomiting,as well as what foods to offer and what to do in case of breathing problems.
This booklet explains what to expect, and how to care for your child after limb reconstruction surgery. You will learn about:; -What to expect during your hospital stay;; - How to clean and care for the pin sites;; - Lengthening the limb;; - Movement, exercise, and physiotherapy;; - Managing pain; …
Learn what to expect after your child has surgery for limb length difference. Explains the 2 kinds of epiphysiodesis surgery, your child's follow-up care, and possible complications.
Learn what to expect after your child has salivary glad duct ligation surgery. Explains how to care for your child, and when to get help.
Learn what to expect after your child has thyroglossal duct cyst removal surgery. Explains how to care for your child, and when to get help.
This one page pamphlet describes the recommended steps to care for your child's chest wound.
This handout is for parents and caregivers of infants having surgery at BC Children's Hospital. Learn what your infant may find stressful, and how you can prepare your infant for surgery.
This handout is for parents and caregivers of toddlers (age 1-2 years) having surgery at BC Children's Hospital. Learn what your toddler may find stressful, and how you can prepare your toddler for surgery.
This handout is for parents and caregivers of preschool-aged children (age 3-5 years) having surgery at BC Children's Hospital. Learn what your child may find stressful, and how you can prepare your child for surgery.
This handout is for parents and caregivers of school-aged children (age 6-12 years) having surgery at BC Children's Hospital. Learn what your child may find stressful, and how you can prepare your child for surgery.
This handout is for parents and caregivers of teenage children (age 13 or older) having surgery at BC Children's Hospital. Learn what your teen may find stressful, and how you can prepare your teen for surgery.
This handout is for parents and caregivers of children having surgery at BC Children's Hospital. Learn how your child's siblings may feel, and how you can help them cope with their sibling's surgery.
Learn what to expect when your child has Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. Explains how to care for your child, and when to get help.
Describes caring for yourself after having scoliosis surgery. Includes: going back to school; care of the incision (scar); aches, pains and funny feelings; wearing braces and eating well.
Provides information about scoliosis and scoliosis surgery, and answers the questions: How does scoliosis surgery work? How do I get ready for the surgery? What tests do I need to have done? What happens the day of my surgery? How long will I be in the hospital? Will I be in a lot of pain? Am I rea…
Discusses aveolar bone graft, a surgery to repair a cleft in a gum. Provides information for parents on how to care for their child after this surgery.
Explains the timing, procedure and care for alveolar cleft bone graft, a surgery to repair a cleft in a gum. Provides information for parents and guardians with children undergoing the surgery.
A guide to help parents care for their child after heart surgery. Topics include: care of your child's incision; diet; pain management; post-surgical behaviour; activity; immunizations; returning to school and day care; preventing infection; and Post Pericardiotomy Syndrome(PPS).
Learn how to clean your child's skin with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) wipes.
This guide, intended for children aged five through twelve years, has been developed using children’s ideas, artwork and play. It shares children’s worries and feelings about living in violent homes.
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Information on how to care for a child with a pacemaker used to treat an irregular heart rhythm (arrythmia). Including: how to care for the incision; activity recommendations; signs of possible problems; travel information; environmental hazards.
Information about the halo thoracic brace used during recovery of from spinal injury or surgery. Includes sections on: preparing for the brace; what to expect after the brace is on; coping at home; personal care; transportation issues; coping outside of home; what to do in emergencies.
Information on how to care for your child after cleft palate surgery including feeding, mouth care, ear and throat care, and pain management.
Information on how to care for your child after cleft lip surgery including feeding, healing and incision care, pain management, and orthodontic appliances.
Answers to frequently asked questions about nostril splinting for cleft lip and nasal deformity including: what a nostril splint is, how it's made, how long it is worn for; care of the splint.
After your child's spine surgery to correct scoliosis, it is important that safety measures are taken when moving him or her. Please follow the instructions on this pamphlet. The Occupational Therapist or Physical Therapist may talk with you about specific safety measures for your child.
Children with Regulation Disorders of Sensory Processing struggle to regulate their emotions and behaviors in response to sensory stimulation. This book explains how to recognize these disorders, which are often misdiagnosed, and offers practical ways of helping children with regulation disorders.;…
Learn what to expect after your child has a tonsillectomy (surgery to remove their tonsils). Explains how to care for your child, and when to get help.
This activity book was written by a former Art Therapist with the Patient and Family Counselling Program and an Oncology Nursing Practice Leader with the BC Cancer Agency. It is designed for children, ages 6 to 12, to help them learn, creative ways of coping when a family member is living with can…
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What to Say to Kids When Nothing Seems to Work offers parents an effective, step-by-step guide to some of the most common struggles for kids aged 5-12. Written by mental health professionals with over 30 years' experience listening to kids' thoughts and feelings, this book provides a framework to e…
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In this inspiring book, Harvard-trained child and adult psychiatrist and expert in human motivation Dr. Shimi Kang provides a guide to the art and science of inspiring children to develop their own internal drive and a lifelong love of learning. Drawing on the latest neuroscience and behavioral res…
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This book as meant as a companion to Taming worry dragons: A manual for children, parents, and other coaches. It is not meant as a standalone book. This is part of the TWD Series.; This pocket-sized book provides an overview of taming worry dragons (types of worries, how they affect your body and t…
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This booklet has been created to help children and their families feel more at ease with the organ transplantation process by providing general information in an understandable format. Most importantly, it is designed to let the readers know that they are not alone and that there are other children…
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This picture book was created for young children who are in need of a solid organ transplant. It was developed by two dedicated Social Workers at the University of Michigan Transplant Center to give these children and their families something to put them more at ease with the organ transplant proc…
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Offers help for parents dealing with children who: won't eat, overeat, eat only peanut butter, or who are always hungry after dinner.
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